祖上

Chinese

		ancestor; forefather; grandparents	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
simp. and trad. (祖上)		祖	上
anagram		上祖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔshàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄕㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² soeng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǔshàng → zǔshang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄕㄤˋ → ㄗㄨˇ ˙ㄕㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǔshång
    • Wade–Giles: tsu³-shang⁵
    • Yale: dzǔ-shang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuu.shanq
    • Palladius: цзушан (czušan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/ → /t͡su²¹⁴ ʂɑŋ⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² soeng⁶
    • Yale: jóu seuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² soeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² sêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ sœːŋ²²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 祖上

1. forebears; ancestors